Box Score Fourth-year forward Kassie Roache scored 2:47 into the third period to lead the University of Toronto Varsity Blues women's hockey team to a 2-1 victory over the UOIT Ridgebacks on Friday afternoon (Nov. 24) in Oshawa, Ont.
 
With the win, the Blues snap a five-game losing streak and improve to 5-0-4-1 (W-OTW-L-OTL), moving them into a tie for sixth place in the highly competitive OUA standings.
 
Third-year defenceman Cristine Chao opened the scoring 7:23 into the first period and the Blues carried that one-goal lead into the first intermission.
 
The Ridgebacks evened the score midway through the second period with a goal off the stick of Kassidy Narboris.
 
The two teams were deadlocked at 1-1 after 40 minutes.
 
Roache then stepped up, notching her team-leading fifth goal of the season to secure the victory.
 
Rookie netminder Madeline Albert made 28 saves in the win.
 
The Varsity Blues return to action tomorrow afternoon as they travel to Kingston, Ont., to take on the Queen's Gaels. The puck drops at 2:30 p.m., with the game being streamed live on OUA.tv.
 
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